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FAITH AND REASON 



A POEM BY 
Elizabeth York Case 



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FAITH AND REASON 




WO TRAVELERS 
started on a tour, 
With trust and 
knowledge laden ; 
One was a man 

with mighty brain, 

And one a gentle maiden. 

They joined their hands and 

vowed to be 

Companions for a season. 

The gentle maiden's name 

was Faith 

The mighty man's was Reason. 





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II 

E sought all knowledge 

from this world 

And every world anear it ; 
All matter and all mind was his 
While hers was only spirit. 
If any stars were missed from 
heaven 

His telescope could find them, 
But while he only found the stars 
She found the God behind them. 



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E sought for truth, above, 



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'iWr'l All hidden things revealing, 

She only sought it woman-wise 

And found it in her feeling. 

He said, "This earth's a rolling 

ball," 

And so doth science prove it. 

He but discovered that "It moves," 

She found the springs that move it. 



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E reads with geologic eye 



InS ^^ e recorc * of the ages, 
yjgil Unfolding strata he translates 
Earth's wonder written pages, 
He digs around a mountain base 
And measures it with plummet, 
She leaps it with a single bound 
And stands upon the summit. 



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E brings to light the hidden 



(ill force 
jgjgj l In Nature's labyrinths lurking 

And binds it to his onward car 

To do his mighty working. 

He sends his message 'cross the 

earth 

And down where sea gems glisten; 

She sendeth hers to God himself, 

Who bends his ear to listen. 




VI 

LL things in science, beauty, 

art, 

In common they inherit, 
But he has only clasped the form 
While she has found the spirit. 
They part, without her, all is dark 
This knowledge vain and hollow, 
For Faith has entered in with God 
Where Reason may not follow. 



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